Aleksei Oganesyan

Aleksei Oganesyan (14 August 1915-2 December 1942) was a corporal of the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

Biography
Aleksei Oganesyan was born on 14 August 1915 in Gyumri, Russian Empire to a family of Armenians, and he enlisted in the Red Army in 1941 during World War II. Oganesyan served in the 13th Guards Rifle Division during the war with Nazi Germany, and he was wounded during the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942. He was pulled to safety by another soldier after being shot, and the two of them ducked down in a trench as German panzers rolled over the trench during the advance into the city. Oganesyan would unfortunately die of both frostbite and his wounds, which proved to be mortal.